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China launches 3-member crew to its space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon by 2030
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JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China launched a three-member crew to its orbiting space station on Thursday as part of ...
When Space Junk Hits a Home, Who Pays for Repairs?
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It’s a question that could appear on a law school exam: If a home is hit by debris falling from space, ...
China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program
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JIUQUAN SATELLITE LAUNCH CENTER, China (AP) — China’s space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit ...
Possible Fragment From ISS Battery Pallet May Have Crashed Through Florida Home
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Three years ago, NASA tossed a massive pallet of old batteries from the International Space Station (ISS), hoping that it would burn ...
The next chapter of lunar exploration could forever change the moon — and our relationship to it (op-ed)
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Aparna Venkatesan is an astronomer and dark-sky advocate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University of San Francisco. John Barentine ...
Big, dead satellite’s crash was a space-junk wakeup call, experts say
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There is some interesting residual fallout from the recent nosedive to Earth of the European Remote Sensing satellite, or ERS-2. Following its ...
Radar images reveal damage on Europe’s doomed ERS-2 satellite during final orbits
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Grainy orange and yellow pixels form the shape of a satellite with various protruding panels and masts against a sky of black. ...
A 5,000-pound satellite is expected to fall to Earth this week
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A European ...
Satellite to crash through Earth’s atmosphere this week
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A satellite will likely make an uncontrolled return through Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, according to the latest estimates from the European Space ...
Starlink close encounters decrease despite ever-growing number of satellites
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SpaceX has reported that the number of close encounters between its satellites and other orbital objects has not increased in the past ...
